Concept BriefMORS Analytic Agenda Conference

Purpose/Agenda

• Purpose: Describe the concept for a MORS conference on the Analytic Agenda

• Agenda:– Conference overview

– Opening plenary

– Analytic Agenda Deep Dives

– Special topics

– Closing plenary

Conference Overview•Title: Analytic Agenda Way Ahead•Date: Early 2010 (after QDR), tentatively March 1-4•Location: JHU/APL is confirmed; concerns about room availability in the late afternoon

•Objectives:–Broaden understanding of attendees on Analytic Agenda processes & products

–Develop recommendations for improvement•Classification: SECRET REL ACGU (all sessions); an unclassified report will be produced

•Schedule:

Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday

PM AM PM AM PM AM PMTutorials

• Analytic Agenda Overview

– Policy– Joint Staff– PA&E

• JDS user’s guide

Plenary

•Policy/JS/PA&E panel

•Service panel

•COCOM panel

Analytic Agenda Deep Dives

Study admin•Warfight DPS/MSFD•SSSP/ISP Analysis•Homeland Defense Tools•IW Metrics

Data

Special Topics

•Data/Tools mgmt/VV&A•C4ISR/IO/EW analysis•Analytic Agenda support of QDR and PB 11-15•Interagency collaboration

Outbriefs

•Deep Dive WGs•Special topic WGs•Synthesis WG

Opening Plenary• Sponsor’s welcome (PA&E and Joint Staff)• Panel discussions

– Policy/Joint Staff/PA&E perspective– Service/SOCOM perspective– COCOM perspective– Perspectives of other DoD communities: training,

acquisition, test & evaluation, experimentation, planning• Each panel begins with presenter highlighting:

– How does my organization participate in the Analytic Agenda?– How does my organization use Analytic Agenda products?– What are my recommendations to improve Analytic Agenda

processes and products?

• Q&A follows each group of presenters

Analytic Agenda Deep Dives• Timing: end of opening plenary to mid-day Wed• Topics/leads

– Warfight (CC-3); lead J8 WAD, co-lead COCOM rep– SSSP/ISP; lead J8 FD, co-lead JFCOM rep– Homeland Defense; lead PA&E SAC, co-lead NORTHCOM– Irregular Warfare; lead PA&E SAC, co-lead COCOM rep

• Agenda– Review DPS: what were the DPS challenges? Was the range of military options explored within

the DPS? How can this be addressed? Were significant risks to the defense strategy omitted when a single challenge was selected for MSFD development? How can that risk be mitigated?

– Review MSFD: describe red/blue/green forces & CONOPS; were there strategy gaps in the DPS that had to be addressed in the MSFD or could not be addressed in the MSFD development? What were they? How do we preclude that from happening?

– Review Analytical Baseline: were there gaps in the MSFD that had to be addressed in the study? What were they? Were there data sets that were missing that should/could have been included? What were the tools & metrics used? What was the review process? What insights were obtained? What excursions were assessed & why? How could the analysis have been improved?

– Downstream use: present examples of the subsequent use of this DPS/MSFD/Analytical Baseline; how well did the Analytic Agenda process support CONOPS and capabilities development or programming? How can we improve the feedback mechanism of the Analytic Agenda

Special Topics• Timing: mid-day Wed to mid-day Thurs• Topics/leads/agendas

– Data/Tools mgmt/VV&A/phenomenology: lead JDS• How can JDS improve support to the Analytic Agenda and DoD?

– C4ISR/IO/EW analysis: lead J8 WAD; co-lead NII• How can studies better incorporate these capabilities and their effects into

analysis?

– Analytic Agenda Support of QDR and PB 11-15: lead OSD Policy; co-lead PAE• How were Analytic Agenda products use to support the QDR and PB 11-15?• How could the Analytic Agenda process and products be improved to better

support future QDRs and programming?

– Interagency collaboration: Lead OSD Policy; co-lead DHS• How can interagency participation in Analytic Agenda processes be improved?• How can representation of interagency capabilities be improved?• Should there be an interagency Analytic Agenda?

Synthesis Group Focus• What are common themes across the conference:

– Opening plenary?– Deep dives?– Special topics?

• How should the Analytic Agenda change as we go forward:– Scenarios?

– MSFDs?

– Analytic Baselines?

– Tools/methods/data?

– Product management?

• How should leaders in the analytic community focus investments in increased capability?

• What did the conference miss?

Closing Plenary

• Timing: Thurs pm• Topics:

– Deep dive outbriefs– Special topics outbrief– Synthesis group outbrief